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Monday 6 July

Gouache illustration of a young girl in a blue-gray dress sitting calmly near the window of a village house, her hands folded in her lap and a small wooden cross on the table; marshy plains are visible outside.

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Saint Maria Goretti: The Young Girl Who Forgave Her Murderer

The story of Saint Maria Goretti, a poor girl from Italy shaped by her family's faith, who on her deathbed forgave the person who killed her.vatican.va3 minRead today's story